8 Proceedings of the 



The program was then resumed. T. C. Stephens briefly dis- 

 cussed the woodpeckers of northeastern Nebraska. R. H. Wol- 

 cott summarized the ornithological results of the summer of 1911 

 which was spent in the field in western Nebraska, in Sioux, Ban- 

 ner, Thomas and Cherry counties. F. H. Shoemaker gave a very 

 interesting account of the nesting of the Poorwill and White- 

 throated Rock Swift in western Nebraska during the past sum- 

 mer. The Secretary-Treasurer read excerpts from letters from 

 various members who were prevented from being present, ex- 

 pressing their good wishes for the success of the meeting, and 

 reporting various bird observations of the year. 



The President then appointed Messrs. Wolcott and Eiche as a 

 committee to escort the newly-elected President to the chair. 

 Under the head of new business a project of keeping co-operative 

 migration notes was discussed by R. H. Wolcott and T. C. Ste- 

 phens. The Secretary was instructed to ask the members as to 

 their willingness to serve as a committee to arrange and consoli- 

 date migration data. The arrangements for the field day were 

 discussed and decided upon. The meeting then adjourned at 

 10:30 p. M. 



Myron H. Swenk, Secretary-Treasurer. 



Tenth Annual Field Day. — Saturday,, May 11, 1912, was 

 exceedingly cold and rainy, so that it was decided not to attempt 

 to hold the usual Field Day with the birds. Instead the party 

 spent the day studying the mounted bird collection belonging tc 

 August Eiche. 



FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



The fourteenth annual meeting of the Nebraska Ornithologists' 

 Union was held at Lincoln, Nebraska, Friday evening, May 9, 

 1913. The members gathered at the Lindell Hotel, where, at 

 7:00 p. M., they sat down to a banquet. Eleven members were 

 present, Messrs. Bruner, Dawson, Eiche, Hilton, Lowry, Shoe- 

 maker, Swenk, Tout, Wolcott and Zimmer and Miss Higgins 



